On Thursday, Dante's welcomes Mariachi El Bronx!
More info here: http://www.danteslive.com/calendar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3u4gOc72BE
SEE THE 2015 TOP DOWN LINE UP & PURCHASE TICKETS
CASH ONLY EVENT
http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/topdown/
Join us atop the Hotel deLuxe’s parking structure at SW 15th and Yamhill for our 11th annual program of cinema under the stars. Doors open at 7 PM with food and beverages available for purchase from select food carts and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Music begins at 8 PM and films begin around dusk.
Thanks to our sponsors: Hotel deLuxe, Peter Corvallis Productions, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Portland Mercury, Yelp! Portland, KIND Healthy Snacks, PDX Pipeline, and Artslandia.
Advance tickets are available at nwfilm.org: $9 general; $8 student/senior/Portland Art Museum member; $6 Silver Screen Club Friend.
Tickets at the door are $11 general; $10 student/senior/PAM member; $8 Silver Screen Club Friend.
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US, 1947
The last of the six classic THIN MAN films pairs William Powell as Nick Charles—the nattiest ex-cop you’ll ever meet—and the inimitable Myrna Loy as Nora, his wry urbane socialite wife. The story begins with a murder on a yacht and leads the crime-fighting couple through Manhattan jazz clubs offering them plenty of cocktails and hep-cat lingo along the way. Sure, a few people get murdered, but it’s all so very stylish and civilized. (86 mins.)
PDX Pop Now! presents live music from Malachi Graham at 8pm
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UK/SPAIN, 2000
Famed music video director (Radiohead, Blur) Jonathan Glazer’s first feature updates the classic heist film with equal doses of sharp comedy and chilling menace. Gal (Ray Winstone), a London gangster retired to the south of Spain with his porn star wife and pool boy, is reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime by his old mentor, Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), a frighteningly and hilariously unhinged maniac. “Spouting profanity, staring daggers at any perceived enemy, and talking nuts to himself in a mirror like De Niro in a Cockney TAXI DRIVER, Kingsley creates an unforgettable monster.”—Rolling Stone. (89 mins.)
Featuring XRAY DJs Aaron and Cheyenne from Reverse Couples Skate
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ITALY/FRANCE, 1965
“Petri’s black comedy imagines the hunting of humans as a government-sanctioned, globally televised sport, a gladiatorial combat meant to relieve tension and settle conflicts in an otherwise anesthetized world devoted to mindless consumption. THE 10TH VICTIM amusingly remains a classic ‘commedia all’italiana’ of the 1960s, with Marcello Mastroianni in his archetypical role as the castrated Casanova struggling to maintain his inbred macho poise as he is assaulted not only by Ursula Andress’s gun-toting Amazon, but by a mercenary wife (Luce Bonifassy) and an impatient mistress (Elsa Martinelli), who have joined forces against him.”—The New York Times. (92 mins.)
Featuring XRAY DJs DDDJJJ666 from Hipsters Suck and Magnolia Bouvier from Vampirella in Iridescent Teal
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SPAIN, 1988
The film that made the director an international cinema icon, WOMEN—in typical Almodóvar style—weaves an array of colorful characters into a single, manic-depressive symphony. Carmen Maura highlights as the heroine Pepa, a TV star heartbroken by her lover Ivan (Fernando Guillén), and desperate to find her bearings. “Gorging on the bad, bad world of TV soap operas, tabloid news, and those Roy Lichtenstein cartoons where anguished women lament their lives with ‘Brad’, Almodovar gets a wonderful rise out of life’s lows.”—Washington Post. (90 mins.)
Featuring XRAY DJ Serious Moonlight from Intuitive Navigation
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US, 1979
When Principal Togar tries to confiscate ex-cheerleader and aspiring songwriter Riff Randall’s (P.J. Soles) ticket to the upcoming Ramones concert and burn their records, the students enlist the Ramones in a punk-style coup. With rollicking performances by the Ramones and a wall-to-wall soundtrack that includes Chuck Berry, Devo, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mack, Nick Lowe, and more, B-movie master Roger Corman’s spoof of 50’s musicals and ode to personal freedom still rocks. (93 mins.)
PDX Pop Now! presents live music from The Bugs at 8pm
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US, 1951
Tennis pro Guy Haines is in a bad marriage when he’s approached by a perfect stranger, Bruno (Robert Walker), who idly contemplates the perfect murder. Bruno speculates that if he gets Guy’s wife out of the way, then Guy could take care of Bruno’s untenable father and each could have an alibi for the murder they’d be suspected of and no discernable motive for the crime they committed. “Bruno’s manner is pushy and insinuating, with homoerotic undertones . . . not a psychological study, however, but a first-rate thriller with odd little kinks now and then.”—Roger Ebert. (101 mins.)
Featuring XRAY DJ Eldorado from Ballin' the Jack
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UK, 1983
With something to offend most any sensibility, the comedy troupe of Monty Python offers this comprehensive and nonsensical guide to life—from birth to death. Filled with uproariously funny sketches and songs, the film is a grab bag of outrageous contemplations of the absurdity of life where everything is over the top and nothing is sacred ...well, perhaps one thing. (107 mins.)
PDX Pop Now! presents live music from Ah God at 8pm
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Portland's classic country record party for LGBTQs returns on August 1st! The dog days of August don't seem so ruff when you've got a howlin' good time on the horizon!
Join host DJ Action Slacks and friends DJ Perkins & DJ AM Gold at the World Famous Kenton Club for a night of dancin', romancin', and prancin'! Can't wait to see those adorable western outfits again!
Sliding scale $5-$10 at the door
*50% of profits will be donated to #BlackLivesMatter PORTLAND Chapter
21+
The World Famous Kenton Club has been in operation since the 1940s and maintains its original design. It has not been updated for accessibility.
Sleep - Smoke - Destro -Joe Cyrus - Ugly Tarantino - Grake Juice Scott - Eminent & DJ Lady X - DJ Spark - With Bad Habit and Mic Crenshaw.Join these acts for the Leo Party, hip hop and soul at Kelly's Olympian$8 for non-Leos, $5 for Leos
"Since
day one, the idea behind Pickathon has always been pretty simple: what
does it take to be the best weekend festival of the year for music
lovers?
This question has driven us to highly refine an experience that is truly unique. Innovation has always been at the center of this process and through the years many important elements have come together; collaborating widely on yearly diverse lineups that are built on the idea of great music being the sole criteria; refining six unique performance venues designed to create juxtaposing alternate realities; trusting important decisions can be discussed and made with our online community such as maintaining a low crowd density; becoming the only large music festival to eliminate plastic and minimize single use items; recruiting the finest food and drink purveyors in the land; focusing constantly on eliminating "normal" festival hassles; enabling families to thrive; working with the Pendarvis Family to create a highly designed paradise of a festival grounds, and the list goes on."
Ticket information HERE!
PICKATHON 2015 LINEUP
A Giant Dog
Alice Gerrard
Billy Strings & Don Julin
Broncho
Cloud Nothings
DIIV
Dom Flemons
Edna Vazquez
Ernest Ranglin
Ex Hex
Freakwater
Grandparents
Giant³ Sand
Heartless Bastards
Hiss Golden Messenger
Happyness
Isreal Nash
Joan Shelley
JD McPherson
Jessica Pratt
Joseph
Kevin Morby
King Tuff
Langhorne Slim
Nathan Bowles
Leon Bridges
Little Freddie King
Mandolin Orange
Meatbodies
Rodrigo Amarante
Riley Walker
Sam Amidon
Sam Cohen
Shabazz Palaces
Sonny & The Sunsets
Sinkane
Summer Cannibals
The Brothers Comatose
The Quebe Sisters Band
The Weather Station
Thundercat
Tinariwen
Total Babes
tUnE-yArDs
Turnpike Troubadours
Ty Segall
Vetiver
Viet Cong
Wand
Whitey Morgan
William Tyler
Wolf People
PDX Pop Now! and XRAY.fm presents the 2nd annual PDX Pop Later! after party, happening from midnight to 2am at Bunk Bar on Sunday, right after the PDX Pop Now! festival. XRAY's own DJ Bad Wizard spins, and the event is free. It's the official PDX Pop Later! after party, brought to you by XRAY.fm
There’s a reason that musical trailblazers from Galactic to DJ Logic have recently chosen to collaborate with High and Mighty Brass Band! and legends such as Dr. John, Rebirth Brass Band, and Trombone Shorty have chosen them to share the stage. Co-mingling band members from New Orleans, NYC, and a host of other cities across the globe, this dynamic krewe has the unique ability to combine classic New Orleans Funk and R&B with more modern Afro-Beat and Hip Hop influences. Their live performances are both fiercely entertaining and refreshingly inspiring, connecting the band with each and every audience member. Just catching a single performance will make it abundantly clear why HMBB! is known as “a party in progress!”
Portland’s Jujuba rounds out the bill. A goodfoot favorite, Jujuba’s high-energy Afrobeat and juju has been leaving sweaty dance floors in it’s wake for over 10 years. Led by master talking drummer, Nojeem Lasisi (King Sunny Ade), the band floats a full horn line over rubbery bass lines and massive percussion. This one will be a darned good time!!!
Join XRAY and PDX Pop Now! for the best in local music under the sun!
In keeping with our legacy as one of the nations few free, all ages, and all-volunteer music festivals, the PDX Pop Now! festival returns July 24-26 with 45 genres-spanning sets from Portland musicians. Set amid the Southeast industrial district at AudioCinema, the festival will feature two stages, food carts, a street fair, and Portland’s renowned band basketball tournament Rigsketball.
Additionally, we are excited to continue our partnership with Music in The Schools, who will be curating a second year of festival sets from high school bands across Portland!
As an all volunteer, non-profit organization, PDX Pop Now! is dedicated to stimulating and expanding community participation in Portland music. Through the annual three day festival, yearly classroom events, and two-disc compilation, we strive to actively engage the community while highlighting Portland’s diverse and vibrant musical talent.
PDX Pop Now! works to fulfill our mission in a democratic and accessible way. The festival is curated through a public nomination process and a volunteer voting committee that is focused on being inclusive to all genres and age groups.
Expect more news to come this spring when we announce the full 2015 lineup and release our annual two-disc compilation!
Interested in suggesting a band to play for the 2015 festival? Recommend an artist for the 2015 festival here.
While legions of artists show fidelity to psychedelia’s roots, Unknown Mortal Orchestra has always shared the rare quality that makes the genre’s legends vital, a constant need for exploration. Last year, frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson descended into his home studio in a Portland basement to chart out where’s he traveled since his last set of unhinged psych-soul ballads. He discovered that the best way for him to move forward would be to look back. Where Nielson addressed the pain of being alone on II, Multi-Love takes on the complications of being together.
http://www.aladdin-theater.com/event/818549-unknown-mortal-orchestra-portland/
Come see Australian indie-pop 4 piece Dick Diver!
Dick Diver are a four-piece from Melbourne Australia renowned for their catchy songs, onstage charm and wry humour. Formed in 2008 with guitarists Rupert Edwards and Alistair McKay, drummer Steph Hughes (Boomgates) and bassist Al Montfort (Total Control, UV Race, Lower Plenty et al) they’re finally bringing their songs to the USA and Canada this July in the wake of their new album Melbourne, Florida.
A wide-ranging and diverse album, Melbourne, Florida is simultaneously smoother and more eccentric than their previous world-conquering efforts Calendar Days (2013) and New Start Again (2011). Recorded in an old barn on Australia's shipwreck coast with long-time collaborator Mikey Young, the man-myth behind such rock juggernauts as Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the atmosphere and intoxication shine through in warm horn sections, aching melodies, and such memorable lines as ‘Europe’s fucked probably’, ‘there’s sick on your lapel, Daddy-o’, or ‘don’t get a gun / talk to a counsellor’. Come down and boogie people.
Melbourne, Florida, is out now on US label Trouble In Mind and in Australia, New Zealand and Japan by Chapter Music.
Earth was formed in Olympia, Wa. In 1989 by Dylan Carlson, with an ever evolving line up including Slim Moon (Kill Rock Stars founder), Joe Preston (Melvins) and many others. After moving to Seattle and signing to Sub Pop in 1990 they would release 3 full lengths and an EP including "Earth 2". Considered by many a definitive statement of the drone triumphant, others have described it as "the inevitable result of the damage done by downers to perception of time". Whichever the case, its influence is undeniable.
http://www.revolutionhallpdx.com/event/835945-earth-portland/
Balto will celebrate the release of their new two-track, seven-inch vinyl: 'Call It By Its Name' is due out on July 7.
The 3rd annual LagerFest, a benefit for XRAY.fm takes over the White Owl Social Club's spacious bar and back patio on Saturday July 11th with the largest selection of lagers in the state, perhaps the country!
The White Owl is excited to host the third annual giant patio party that celebrates the almighty but often overlooked LAGER! 50+ international and craft brews will be out on the legendary White Owl patio, and the beers will be flowing harder than Aesop Rock while riding the back of Damian Lillard dunking over Dwight Howard from the top Multinomah Falls during a Red Fang versus Lord Dying heavy metal deathmatch battle royale extravaganza!
Come visit us at the Mississippi Street Fair!
Free Admission, Family Friendly
200 Vendors & Crafts
6 Stages & 40 plus bands
Grandfather’s Rib off Competition, Dunk Tank, Shops, Beer Gardens, Restaurants, Food Carts and so much more…
Proceeds benefit: SEI & Boise Elliot School
Find a schedule of bands and other staged events here: http://mississippiave.com/streetfair/
The Hour That Stretches at the Jade Lounge is pleased to feature SF/F/H author and editorial powerhouse Wendy Wagner, Tor BooksEraserhead Press author Douglas Lain, folk storytelling phenomenon Ilana Hamilton, Witch Mountain drummer and Cosmic Horror author Nathan Carson, memoirist and author Jaime Dunkle...and in his first performance at the Hour, talking-bluesman Maxwell Williams.
SIX PERFORMERS. HALF AN HOUR EACH. NO FOURTH WALL. UNCENSORED.
NO GENRE OR EXPERIENCE RESTRICTIONS. POETRY. LITFIC. HORROR. BIZARRO.
STAND-UP COMEDY. RAPPERS. INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT. ALL FORMS OF SPOKEN WORD.
21+. FREE. CHEAP DRINKS, HAPPY HOUR MENU SERVED ALL NIGHT. SEATS ARE FILLING UP FAST. COME SNAG ONE...
ATTENTION: THE RSVP LIST IS COMPLETELY FULL. SEE YOU ALL JULY 1! OFFICIAL RSVP REQUIRED!
OFFICIAL RSVP REQUIRED (Joining this FB event page does not count! Must have printed or electronic proof of Eventbrite RSVP to enter.)
bit.ly/wwbestofpotland2015
Join Willamette Week and 500+ of our closest friends as we celebrate this historic day in Oregon! Check out what Portland pot dispensaries, services, bakeries, resources and more have to offer at the city's first legal pot party. Prohibition is over and we must celebrate. Legal weed? Yes, indeed!
21+ ONLY | RSVP REQUIRED (must have printed or electronic proof of invitation to enter. FB RSVP doesn't count.)
VENDORS INCLUDE:
Golden XTRX
GreenSky Collective
The Weed Blog
Nectar PDX
Bud Rub- The Topical Medicinal Salve
Eco Firma Farms
Women Grow
True North Extracts
Proper Oils
Goochy Gardens
...and many more
Beer by Lagunitas Brewing Co
Food available for purchase from PDX Sliders and Taqueria La Merced
Music by RISKY STAR & KP OF BLAK NEON | DJ WICKED | XRAY.FM
With special guests ANTHONY JOHNSON, MEASURE 91 DRAFTER, PETER ZUCKERMAN, ARTIST, and others TBA.
Thank you event partners:
Falcon Art Community
XRAY.FM
Killingsworth Dynasty
Red e café
@Curb
Art by Kurt McRobert
Questions? Contact pot@wweek.com.
SUPERGROUP FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS, THE LOCUST AND THE BLOOD BROTHERS
HEAD WOUND CITY
GRAVE BABIES, VICE DEVICE
MONDAY, JUNE 29TH
DOORS: 8:00 PM / SHOW: 9:00 PM
Metropolitan Youth Symphony & School Of Rock Team Up!
Proceeds will go towards the benefit of Metropolitan Youth Orchestra's tuition assistance program as well as PROWUS grants for young musicians in need!
Paint Your Art Out is Siren Nation’s huge annual visual art show & fundraiser featuring over 40 NW artists!
Opening night is Saturday, June 27th from 6pm - 9pm at the Olympic Mills Building: 107 SE Washington St. Portland, OR 97214. Show runs through August 8th.
Don't miss this fun-packed celebration featuring LIVE art demos, art auction, kids area, wine bar, snacks and music! The show will remain up and be on view from June 27th through August 8th. All art will be available for purchase and receive a red dot to be picked up at the end of the show!
Join us and invite your friends to this amazing and art-filled night!
2015 Participating Artists:
Alyssa Kubitz, Amy McLain, Amy Stoner, Arielle Adkin, Beth Kerschen, Caitilin Pope Daum, Cate Anevski, Consu Tolosa, Di Pinsonault, Harriet Levi, Heather McGeachy, Jaclyn Evalds, Jeanne Levasseur, Jen Bracy, Jennifer Feeney, Jennifer Finn, Jennifer Cox, Jessi Anjuli, Joanna Butterfly Chase, Katie Todd, Kirista Trask, Kristen Hamilton, Lea K. Tawd, Linda Sawaya, Linda Robertson, Lisa Hoffer, Lisa Wilde, Liv Rainey-Smith, Lori Rivers Hanson, Martha Wallulis, Merle Keller, Nicki Beiderman, Nicole Gartland, Niko aka Jen Mitsuko, Pam Moore, Patrice Demmon, Peggy Pfenninger Reed, Robin Phillips Occhipinti, Samyak Yamauchi, Shantara Sandberg, Suzy Lacey Laruffa, Tara Croft Carmichael and Tatyana Ostapenko.
Siren Nation is a nonprofit organization devoted to inspiring women in the arts. Our mission is to inspire and empower women of all ages to create their own art and to highlight the many achievements of women in the arts.
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/693454020777032/
Ninkasi Brewing and XRAY.FM presents Hot Mass, a daytime parking lot party at Church bar, on June 27th. Live music provided by Pearles, Rio Grands, Thanks and Doubleplusgood. Music starts at 5, Church is located on the corner of NE Sandy and 26th.
XRAY's own Jeremy Peterson is DJing!
FIVE BUCKS!